This Time-Lapse Engine Rebuild Is Your Moment of Zen

[Kuzka]

Written by Phillip Thomas on March 23, 2016

Contributors: Chris Herridge

 

We’ve all taken reference photos, but 3,000 leads to quite an adventure.

 

 

 

Reference photos are a way of documenting which bolt came from which hole, the exact combination of which pulleys belt rides on or which direction a rotor was clocked—any number of unthinkable odds-and-ends that you discover when dismantling a machine. For this Triumph Spitfire owner, things got out of hand while rebuilding a replacement 1.2L four-cylinder

 

 

Everything, from the initial teardown, to the subtly pleasing pressure washing and cleaning, to the entire reassembly of every component, owner Chris managed to document all of it over 11 months.

 

[dovlad]

Прикольное видео! А двигатель похож на Волговский ГАЗ-24

[Kuzka]

америка.. с волги нашей содрали)

[dovlad]

Вот гады :D

[ENZO]

Интересно, а чего они детали мотора красили уже после его сборки, а не до того как

[Kuzka]

для синематографы)